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NHT Now Refunding Contributions Paid Up to 2015

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is advising clients that contributions made up to the year 2015 are now being refunded. This was disclosed by the NHT’s Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick, during the Love...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaking to residents of Clarendon during a visit to several communities in the parish on Wednesday (July 12).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaking to residents of Clarendon during a visit to several communities in the parish on Wednesday (July 12).

Agriculture Ministry Tasked with Identifying Alternative Crops for Cultivation In Southern Clarendon
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.

Retreat for Judges to Deal with Praedial Larceny
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), converses with Caribbean Cement Company Limited Managing Director, Yago Castro Izaguirre (right) and Industrial and Building Solutions Manager, André Nelson (centre), following the official opening of concrete pavements in the community of McDonald Place, St. Andrew West Central, on Thursday (July 13). The community project, which was undertaken by the company at a cost of $8 million, forms part of the firm’s overall corporate social responsibility programme.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), converses with Caribbean Cement Company Limited Managing Director, Yago Castro Izaguirre (right) and Industrial and Building Solutions Manager, André Nelson (centre), following the official opening of concrete pavements in the community of McDonald Place, St. Andrew West Central, on Thursday (July 13). The community project, which was undertaken by the company at a cost of $8 million, forms part of the firm’s overall corporate social responsibility programme.

PM Adamant That Gov’t Will Not Negotiate with Gangsters
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and Managing Director, Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Yago Castro Izaguirre, unveil the sign symbolising the official opening of concrete pavements along McDonald Place in St. Andrew West Central, on Thursday (July 13). The concrete pavement initiative, which was undertaken on that stretch by Carib Cement Company at a cost of $8 million and is slated to be carried out in other communities, forms part of the entity’s corporate social responsibility programme.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and Managing Director, Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Yago Castro Izaguirre, unveil the sign symbolising the official opening of concrete pavements along McDonald Place in St. Andrew West Central, on Thursday (July 13). The concrete pavement initiative, which was undertaken on that stretch by Carib Cement Company at a cost of $8 million and is slated to be carried out in other communities, forms part of the entity’s corporate social responsibility programme.

National Violence Prevention Commission Report Expected By Year End

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second left), converse with representatives of the CARICOM Founding Member States that signed the historic Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973, which facilitated the regional organisation’s establishment. From right are Barbados’ Honorary Consul in Kingston, Winston Bayley; High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, His Excellency Deryck Murray, and Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Kingston, Indera Persaud. The occasion was the CARICOM 50 Flag Raising Ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in downtown Kingston on Thursday (July 13).
CARICOMForeign Affairs

Jamaica Will Continue to ‘Work Constructively’ within CARICOM – Minister Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica will continue to “work constructively” within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in the best interest of the country and region. Speaking at the CARICOM 50 Flag Raising Ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in downtown Kingston on Thursday (July 13), Senator Johnson Smith said CARICOM is...
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Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick.
Housing

Self-Employed Persons Reminded to Contribute to the NHT

All self-employed persons are being reminded that they should be making regular contributions to the National Housing Trust (NHT) in order to benefit from the Trust’s homeownership loan facility. Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the NHT, Dwayne Berbick, issued the reminder during an interview on the Love 101 radio segment, ‘Good Morning Minister’, on July...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), points to something of interest while walking along a paved section of the Grants Pen roadway during a tour of the St. Thomas leg of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) on April 13. He is accompanied by personnel from the National Works Agency (NWA) and China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC).
TransportWorks / Construction

Local and Community Roads Will Be Fixed – PM

The Government is committed to fixing local and community roads, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The Prime Minister gave the assurance, while speaking with residents of Clarendon South Western and Eastern constituencies after a brief tour of several communities on Wednesday (July 12). Citing the ongoing works to extend the East-West Highway from May Pen into Manchester,...
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Housing

Three Family Members Can Co-Apply for NHT Loan

The National Housing Trust (NHT) recently introduced a facility that enables three family members to co-apply for a home loan. While the NHT has an existing facility that enables any two contributors to co-apply for a loan, under this component of the co-applicant programme, three family members with established kinship ties may co-apply and access a loan to buy or...
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LET Torch Run Flyer (LETR 5K)
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Run with JCF on July 16 for Special Olympics

Members of the public are being encouraged to support the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Law Enforcement Torch (LET) Run, which takes place on Sunday (July 16) starting at the Police Officers’ Club in St. Andrew. The JCF is using the 5K race to raise $3 million for Special Olympics Jamaica. The team participated in the Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany,...
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Chief Executive Officer, National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter, addresses yesterday’s (July 12) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
Works / Construction

Work Is Progressing on SCHIP – Hunter

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Works Agency (NWA), E.G. Hunter, says work is progressing on the multibillion-dollar South Coast Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP), despite the challenges being experienced. Mr. Hunter was providing an update on the work being undertaken on sections of the project during yesterday’s (July 12) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The project represents the largest integrated...
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